On June 12th, I attended the National Cyber Safety Summit in Canberra with two students from the school. They were select members from the Youth Advisory Group (YAG) who took part in online forum discussions to help inform the government on cyber safety initiatives. The purpose of the Summit was to bring students, parents and teachers together with [...]
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Cyber Safety Summit 2012
June 26, 2012 · No Comments · digital citizenship, Teacher Librarian as Leader, Uncategorized
Tags:cybersafety·cybersecurity·digital citizenship·leadership·learning·summit·teacher librarian
My PD Reading Challenge
February 11, 2012 · No Comments · PD on the side, Teacher Librarian as Leader, Uncategorized
One of my NY resolutions was to take time to read the PD books I’ve purchased over the past couple of years. I started on my Professional Reading Challenge during the summer holidays. I have six books lined up. Guy Kawasaki’s book, “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions” is essentially a business [...]
Tags:leadership·learning·professional development·reading·teacher librarian
New Year, New Journey
January 30, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Leading from the middle: Influence, Power and Partnership
August 31, 2008 · No Comments · Teacher Librarian as Leader
As our group works its way through the collaborative project and we delve deeper and deeper into the leadership role of the Teacher Librarian, it is becoming clear to me what a dangerously misunderstood concept “leading from the middle’ can be. The word that gets the most focus in this term is ‘leading’. While many, [...]
Envisioning the Future
August 23, 2008 · No Comments · PD on the side
All the recent discussion on the OZTL_NET list (for information professionals) about the political climate and future of TLs in various states in Australia can put a real scare in the hearts of those of us studying to become TLs. I think the hardest thing for us is to envisage how we will fit in [...]

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